Is the upbeat, tween-friendly Disney hit "Hannah Montana" starting to resemble a soap opera behind the scenes? This week, Miley Cyrus denied rumors that she's looking to ditch the source of her success to concentrate on bigger and better things, but rumblings of on-set scheming and conflict are growing louder.
The latest talk of turmoil comes from the Chicago Sun-Times, which alleges that the starlet -- who at the tender age of 15 really should have less important things to worry about than the fate of a TV empire (think homework and SATs) -- and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, are making things tough for the cast and crew, ostensibly because they want to get fired from the cash-cow series.
"Both Miley and Billy Ray have been exhibiting major attitude," a longtime "Hannah" staffer huffs to the paper. "The rudest thing has been their total lack of consideration for all of us who work on the show."
According to the source, their purported lack of respect has included arriving "horribly late" for rehearsals and tapings and being "incredibly unkind" to other cast members, including co-star Emily Osment.
"Things are so chilly between Emily and Miley, icicles form every time they have to speak to one another," chimes in another production snitch. "It's become increasingly clear Miley has become jealous of Emily's rising profile and popularity."
TMZ says the teens were once close, but now Osment "literally turns away from Miley after each scene." What's more, their dads reportedly had a "screaming match," with Emily's father accusing Billy Ray and Miley of being "unprofessional."
Not so, a Cyrus insider pooh-poohs to People, dismissing the bad-behavior chatter as "a lot of craziness."
"Miley is really devoted to the show and she's really upset by the gossip," explains the confidant. "Miley is never late to work. Every minute of her day is planned out. When she's not shooting the movie or the series, she's recording the ['Hannah Montana'] soundtrack. She has a lot invested in Hannah Montana. It's not going away anytime soon."
The cast and crew are "like a big family," the mole insists to the mag. "Emily and Miley are like sisters. Occasionally they have disagreements, but they make up and they never let it affect their work." Miley, who's recently been spotted hanging out and touching digits with underwear model-cum-singer Justin Gaston, 20, and in need of female friends with a driver's license, is "used to all of the gossip about her personal life," points out the source, "but when people are attacking her professionalism, it upsets her because she works really hard."
The official word from Cyrus is that she couldn't be more thrilled with sporting her alter ego's peroxide wig for the show's third season (Disney, which has an option for a fourth season, seems excited, too: TMZ says it added six more episodes to the 24-episode order).
"I am fully committed to Hannah Montana. It's what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people," she said in a statement on Monday (via Us). "I'm really excited about our new season. We are making great new episodes that I can't wait for our fans to see and I'm looking forward to the 'Hannah Montana' movie that will be out in the spring."
The flick hits screens on April 10 (parents, mark your calendars), but it's not Miley's only big-screen production in the works. She's also signed on to star in an upcoming and sure-to-be tear-jerking project from "Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks.
The latest talk of turmoil comes from the Chicago Sun-Times, which alleges that the starlet -- who at the tender age of 15 really should have less important things to worry about than the fate of a TV empire (think homework and SATs) -- and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, are making things tough for the cast and crew, ostensibly because they want to get fired from the cash-cow series.
"Both Miley and Billy Ray have been exhibiting major attitude," a longtime "Hannah" staffer huffs to the paper. "The rudest thing has been their total lack of consideration for all of us who work on the show."
According to the source, their purported lack of respect has included arriving "horribly late" for rehearsals and tapings and being "incredibly unkind" to other cast members, including co-star Emily Osment.
"Things are so chilly between Emily and Miley, icicles form every time they have to speak to one another," chimes in another production snitch. "It's become increasingly clear Miley has become jealous of Emily's rising profile and popularity."
TMZ says the teens were once close, but now Osment "literally turns away from Miley after each scene." What's more, their dads reportedly had a "screaming match," with Emily's father accusing Billy Ray and Miley of being "unprofessional."
Not so, a Cyrus insider pooh-poohs to People, dismissing the bad-behavior chatter as "a lot of craziness."
"Miley is really devoted to the show and she's really upset by the gossip," explains the confidant. "Miley is never late to work. Every minute of her day is planned out. When she's not shooting the movie or the series, she's recording the ['Hannah Montana'] soundtrack. She has a lot invested in Hannah Montana. It's not going away anytime soon."
The cast and crew are "like a big family," the mole insists to the mag. "Emily and Miley are like sisters. Occasionally they have disagreements, but they make up and they never let it affect their work." Miley, who's recently been spotted hanging out and touching digits with underwear model-cum-singer Justin Gaston, 20, and in need of female friends with a driver's license, is "used to all of the gossip about her personal life," points out the source, "but when people are attacking her professionalism, it upsets her because she works really hard."
The official word from Cyrus is that she couldn't be more thrilled with sporting her alter ego's peroxide wig for the show's third season (Disney, which has an option for a fourth season, seems excited, too: TMZ says it added six more episodes to the 24-episode order).
"I am fully committed to Hannah Montana. It's what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people," she said in a statement on Monday (via Us). "I'm really excited about our new season. We are making great new episodes that I can't wait for our fans to see and I'm looking forward to the 'Hannah Montana' movie that will be out in the spring."
The flick hits screens on April 10 (parents, mark your calendars), but it's not Miley's only big-screen production in the works. She's also signed on to star in an upcoming and sure-to-be tear-jerking project from "Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks.
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